Why I Switched to Pyramid Tea Bags
When we first started The Organic Tea Project, my intention was simple: make proper tea as accessible as possible. I imagined loose leaf only, with old teapots, measured spoons, slow brews and the full ritual. It is how I grew up drinking tea in South India, and in my mind it was the “right” way.
But reality has a way of softening your ideas.
At home, I watched my partner trying to make loose leaf every morning. Some days it happened. Many days it did not. Life gets busy. Kids, work, mornings that move too quickly. And I realised something important: if proper tea was going to fit into everyday life, convenience could not be the enemy. It needed to support the ritual rather than replace it.
That was the moment we started exploring pyramid tea bags.
Not the flat, dusty bags most of us grew up with. Those were never an option. We wanted the same tea you would put in a teapot, real whole leaves with shape and scent and space to move. That is the defining difference. Dust tea brews instantly because it is made from extremely small, broken particles. It goes dark fast but generally tastes a bit thinner and sharper in the cup.
Whole leaf tea is the opposite. It needs room and time. The flavour builds slowly and has more depth and balance. You are tasting the character of the leaf instead of just strength.
So we made a small but important choice. We put a proper teaspoon of whole leaf tea, exactly what you would use in a pot, into a pyramid bag that is large enough for the leaf to open. Nothing crushed. No fillers. Just real tea that can move the way it is meant to.
Another decision came soon after. The material of the bag itself. Many pyramid bags in the market are made using nylon or PET. These plastics do not line up with our values or the way we want people to experience tea. We chose a plant fibre bag instead. It is breathable, biodegradable and contains no synthetic plastic. It behaves naturally in the cup and does not interfere with the infusion.
Once everything lined up, the leaf, the bag, the material and the shape, we realised something. This was not a compromise on loose leaf. It was an extension of it. A way to bring proper tea into the moments where a teapot is not practical.
You still get the whole leaf experience, just without the fuss.
The truth is, tea is simple. It is the small choices around it that matter. Giving the leaf space. Taking time with the brew. Using clean water. Choosing materials that sit well with our values. Pyramid bags simply make all of that easier.
A small change in shape, from flat to open, can shift the way tea is experienced. For us, that is what The Organic Tea Project has always been about: keeping rituals alive and making them easy enough to fit into real life.
Proper tea, made simple.
